Injury to infrapatellar branch of saphenous nerve in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using vertical skin incision for hamstring harvesting: risk factors and the influence of treatment outcome

Table 3 Evaluations of treatment outcome

		Sensory disturbance group	Non-sensory disturbance group	p value
Lysholm score	Preoperative	44.3 ± 29.6	54.2 ± 23.4	0.17
	Postoperative	94.1 ± 6.5	91.6 ± 12.1	0.46
	p value Pre vs. post	5.2 × 10⁻⁷*	2.6 × 10⁻¹³*
VAS (mm)	Preoperative	32.5 ± 29.1	43.7 ± 27.7	0.26
	Postoperative	9.8 ± 14.1	13.6 ± 19.6	0.57
	p value Pre vs. post	0.036*	2.0 × 10⁻⁶*
Rate of AKP		2 patients (7.7%)	2 patients (2.1%)	0.20
ROM limitation		2 patients (7.7%)	5 patients (5.3%)	0.64

Rate of AKP: For the evaluation of acute knee pain, Spicer’s knee diagram was used. The patient self-reported the site of pain on the diagram or the doctor marked on the diagram based on the patient’s information [15]
AKP anterior knee pain
*p < 0.05

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